Jesse Ventura is adorned with his signature feather boa and glitter sunglasses by professional wrestler Chyna, in this 1999 file photo during a World Wrestling Federation press conference. (AP Photo, Dawn Villella)

UPDATE: We’ve been contacted by Jesse Ventura’s publicist and apparently the letter isn’t from the former governor and pro wrestler. Ventura was the host of the TV show “Conspiracy Theory” for a number of years. Looks like this time the conspiracy found him. Who sent this letter? It’s a mystery. We may never know.

Jesse Ventura — yes THAT Jesse Ventura — or someone claiming to be him, is maybe convinced there is something being covered up at Denver International Airport.

“We explored the Denver International Airport and saw mysterious artwork displayed throughout seems to depict a road map of plans for the Apocalypse.”

In a letter to DIA CEO Kim Day, cc’d to The Denver Post, someone purporting to be the former Minnesota governor and pro wrestler explains he’s learned of buried buildings at the airport.

And he plans to start digging.

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura outside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Minnesota.

The letter informs Day that he will be at DIA soon with an excavation crew to unearth one of the buildings.

DIA posted the letter to its Facebook page in the hopes of verifying the letter and reaching Ventura to “ensure the proper permitting.”

Leave extra time to get to Denver International Airport over the next few weeks.

From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the foreseeable future, Peña Boulevard will often be reduced to one 45 MPH lane in each direction so crews can complete work on bridges along Peña between I-70 and East 64th Ave.

There is no set schedule for what nights the road will be impacted, according to the airport. It won’t be every night, however.

Inbound Peña locations should be completed by Oct. 31 and outbound Peña locations completed by Nov. 20, according to an airport news release.

The following locations along Peña Boulevard are impacted:

First Creek

East 56th Avenue

Green Valley Ranch Boulevard / East 48th Avenue

East 40th Avenue

North Airport Boulevard

This is the final phase of a $3.3 million project that began in July.

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Diners at Rootdown DIA are surprised with a complimentary Colorado Palisade peach flambe as part of the Den Upgrades promotion. (screenshot Denversairport YouTube)

In honor of its 20th year of operation, Denver International Airport on Wednesday unveiled its new logo. And, as part of the anniversary celebration, many lucky travelers are being surprised with free stuff like massages, $300 headphones, luggage, and TSA line cuts.

Denver International Airport’s new logo to coincide with its 20th anniversary year. (DEN/DIA)

First, the logo. The new design features the tented roof of Jeppesen Terminal, which the airport’s website notes is the “single most important visual element that DIA is known for around the world.” Those tents were not in existence when the original logo was created in 1990, five years prior to the airport’s grand opening in Feb. 1995.

The logo cost $120,000. This fee, which the airport says was not paid from taxpayer money, “included initial design, color palette and corresponding visual guideline use documents and design templates.” The new logo will be used immediately on digital assets, and printed materials will be replaced as they run out, the airport says.

What do you think of the new logo? Is it worth $120,000? And will you call the airport “DEN,” or is “DIA here to stay? Comment below or tweet me @LauraKeeney.

Of special note is the switch from the use of “DIA” to “DEN,” the internationally recognized International Air Transport Association (IATA) three-letter airport code. But don’t let that stop you from still using the colloquial: “At home, you can still call us DIA or you can choose to call us DEN, whichever you prefer,” airport spokesman Heath Montgomery writes in a statement.

Now, for that free stuff: Beginning this month, DIA staffers are roaming the airport, surprising customers in what the airport is calling “DEN upgrade.”

Therefore, here’s the challenge, fair readers: If you see the crew below at DIA, get out there and act like a Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes winner already, will ya? I will accept nothing less than screaming and Kermit the Frog-esque hand-flailing.

The peaks of DIA’s tents are seen reflected in the glass of the Airport Westin Hotel. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)

The wait is over: Anyone clamoring to stay the night in Denver International Airport’s swanky new 519-room hotel can now book a room.

The Denver Airport Westin — a 433,000 square-foot, 14-story luxury hotel attached to the airport’s Jeppesen Terminal — is set to open November 19. The hotel began accepting reservations for travel dates starting Dec. 1, however, as the opening date nears, more rooms for November will be online and available, a Westin company spokeswoman said.

Beds in the new Westin hotel are rumored to be more spacious and comfy than previous sleeping arrangements at DIA. (Photo: Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)

A 3-night stay for 2 adults in December will run between $299 ($343 with tax) for a 385-580 sq. ft. king bed room, up to $799 ($917 with tax) for a 1,230 sq. ft. double king bed suite.

The hotel includes a massive naturally-lit conference center, several ballrooms, decor by local artists, a large outdoor plaza for concerts and events, and floor-to-ceiling glass windows offering remarkable views of the mountains, the plains and airport runways. It will also be the end point for RTD’s East Rail Line, which will start moving passengers in early 2016.

A few months after opening, the hotel will debut a new mobile technology allowing guests to bypass human interaction completely.

“With SPG Keyless, guests are no longer required to wait at the front desk in order to get a room key. They can simply check-in on the SPG app to receive a virtual key and room number, and upon arriving at the hotel walk directly to their room and use their mobile phone or Apple Watch to enter,” a release from Westin says.

February 20, 2015: The “tents” reflected on the Denver Airport Westin at the Denver International Airport. February 20, 2015 Denver, CO (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post)

About 13 million customers from more than 160 countries voted in the annual Skytrax global airport customer satisfaction survey, ranking airports, their staff and amenities like hotels for the annual World Airport Awards, also known as the Passenger Choice Awards.

And, turns out, travelers like Denver. They really like Denver.

DIA ranked eighth in large airports, which are those with more than 50 million passengers per year, and was one of only two Read more…

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An Udi’s Cafe & Bar employee works in the kitchen behind a plate and new silverware at Denver International Airport. Metal utensils are now allowed at DIA’s post-security restaurants following approval from the Transportation Security Administration. (Kristen Leigh Painter, The Denver Post)

Passengers wanting to eat a steak after passing through security at Denver International Airport will now be able to cut it with a metal dinner knife.

DIA was granted permission, after working with the Transportation Security Administration at the end of 2012, to allow use of metal utensils at its post-security restaurants beginning in 2013.

A formal announcement has not been made, but it came to my attention Wednesday night at a ceremonial grand opening of the new Udi’s Café & Bar when customers were offered metal knives and forks to enjoy their local, artisanal fare.

“They granted us approval on the non-serrated, rounded metal knives. So we are starting to see some of the concessions transition to these,” said Stacey Stegman, spokeswoman for DIA. “It wasn’t mandatory, it was optional.”

Stegman said that some restaurants do not have dishwashers, which is why it will remain optional for the concessionaires. So far, Udi’s in concourse B and Chef Jimmy’s Bistro & Spirits in concourse A are the only restaurants to make the switch from plastic to metal.

“You will start to see more and more of these,” Stegman said. “We are excited about it because of the environmental impact of it. So we are encouraging them to go this way.”

The metal utensils are one of several recent signs that the TSA is loosening its restrictions on certain previously-prohibited items, such as pocketknives and bats that is currently being discussed by officials.

There are plenty of frenzied analyses occurring in the aviation industry, but most of the readers of this blog can rest assured – there should be little impact to Denver International Airport, good or bad.

“The airfare is not going to go up. There will be no effect on Denver per se,” said Mike Boyd, a Denver-based airline consultant. “You already have United here and Southwest here; they’re not going to come here – there’s no room for them.”

In terms of competition, the two airlines only have one overlapping route in and out of Denver, which goes to and from Charlotte, N.C. American flies 12 nonstop routes out of DIA, including a nonstop flight to London. US Airways flies three nonstop routes out of DIA.

There is also a lot of buzz suggesting that the creation of a new airline powerhouse will decrease competition, leaving the customers to suffer through higher costs.

“Size does not matter as much as people say it does,” Boyd said “Today’s airline titan can be tomorrow’s airline Titanic with a couple of bad decisions.”

Boyd insists that this is good for everyone.

“The two airlines dovetail together quite nicely,” Boyd said. “It has to do simply with putting the two markets together end-to-end.”

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Spirit Airlines has “tons of binders full of sales,” according to its newest website campaign.

The campaign banner flashes colorful binders across the airline’s home page, touting “Women will love them!” — a spoof on the now (in)famous statement made by Gov. Mitt Romney at Tuesday night’s presidential debate.

Emilie Rusch covers retail and commercial real estate for The Post. A Wisconsin native and Mizzou graduate, she moved to Colorado in 2012. Before that, she worked at a small daily newspaper in South Dakota. It's the one with Mount Rushmore.